How to Write About Africa

[A] Kenyan writer and LGBT activist who made a revolutionary impact on literature from and about the African continent -- Margaret Busby * Guardian *
Barbed, playful, inventive . . . African literature would never be the same . . . An outsize figure on the literary landscape, his omnivorous brilliance matched by ambition and vision on a continental scale -- Anderson Tepper * New York Times *
A collection of brilliant writing - essays, stories, journalism, and even recipes. I admire Wainaina's humour, flamboyance and intelligence and the way he skewers the usual stereotypes about Africa -- Deborah Levy * Times *
Seductive and appetising . . . [Wainaina’s] work is as relevant as ever [and his] observations remain sharp throughout * The New Yorker *
[An] award-winning Kenyan writer whose humorous, incisive books and essays explored themes of post-colonialism, gender and sexual identity . . . with wit and humour he took apart the paternalism of certain writers who talk of Africa as one country * Independent *
He was an intellectual . . . Someone who could have become the Edward Said of Africa or the James Baldwin of our time -- Leila Aboulela
An uncompromising commentator . . . [Binyavanga Wainaina] shines a light on his continent without cliché -- Nesrine Malik * Guardian *
[A] barrier-shattering presence in African literature * Washington Post *
Unflagging in his generosity, unflinching and direct in his criticism, [Binyavanga] produced work in his short life that will have impact longer lasting than those whose time here is twice as long -- Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
A trail-blazing Kenyan legend * Al Jazeera *